Dorothy Walker Bush

Dorothy Walker Bush
Dorothy Walker Bush
	Dorothy Bush with Prescott in 1952
Born	Dorothy Weir[citation needed] Walker; July 1, 1901; York County, Maine
Died	November 19, 1992 (aged 91); Greenwich, Connecticut
Education	Miss Porter's School
Spouse	Prescott Sheldon Bush
Children	Prescott S. Bush, Jr.; George H. W. Bush; Nancy Bush; Jonathan Bush; William H. T. Bush
Parent(s)	George Herbert Walker; Lucretia Weir

Dorothy Weir Walker Bush (July 1, 1901 – November 19, 1992) was mother to 41st President of the United States, George H. W. Bush, and the grandmother of 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush.^[1] Time on her death wrote that "George [H. W.] Bush was shaped and tempered by his mother's nature."^[2] Dorothy Bush raised her five children in a strongly religious home. During her childhood she attended church as many as three times each Sunday.^[3]

Biography

She was born near Walker's Point, in York County, Maine, to George Herbert Walker and Lucretia "Loulie" (Weir) Walker (1874–1961), daughter of James H. Weir.^[4]^[5]

Dorothy Walker's family is unrelated to the colonial New England (local) Walkers that settled York County, Maine, and are buried in Kennebunkport, the Berwicks, and in York.^{[citation needed]}

Walker attended Mary Institute,^[6] and married Prescott Sheldon Bush on August 6, 1921, in Kennebunkport, Maine. They had five children: Prescott "Pressy" Bush, Jr. (1922–2010), George H. W. Bush (1924; named after Dorothy's father, George Herbert Walker), Nancy Bush (1926), Jonathan Bush (1931), and William "Bucky" Bush (1938).^[4]^[5]

Her mother Lucretia Wear was descended from French Huguenots (Gabriel and Marie Hersent Maupin) who arrived in America in 1700.

Dorothy Walker Bush died at age 91 in Greenwich, Connecticut, on November 19, 1992, only 16 days after her son lost the 1992 presidential election to Bill Clinton. She is interred with her husband Prescott Bush at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut.^[5]

Family

George H. W. Bush (born June 12, 1924), 41st President of the United States - son
George W. Bush (born July 6, 1946), 43rd President of the United States and 46th Governor of Texas - grandson
Robin Bush (December 20, 1949 – October 11, 1953) – granddaughter
Jeb Bush (born February 11, 1953), 43rd Governor of Florida - grandson
Neil Bush (born January 22, 1955) - grandson
Marvin Bush (born October 22, 1956) - grandson
Dorothy Bush Koch (born August 18, 1959) - granddaughter, named after her
Barbara Bush (born June 8, 1925), wife of 41st President - daughter in law
Billy Bush (born October 13, 1971),Television Personality,- grandson

References

^ Wead, Doug (2005). The Raising of a President: The Mothers and Fathers of Our Nation's Leaders. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7434-9726-0. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ Sidey, Hugh (November 30, 1992). "The Presidency". Time (magazine). Retrieved 2007-11-20. George Bush was shaped and tempered by his mother's nature. His was a soul finally formed by strata of love and discipline relentlessly laid down. Bush was lucky, so very lucky, to be rooted in a woman like Dorothy Walker Bush, who died last week at 91.
^ "Dorothy W. Bush, Mother of President, Dies at 91". New York Times. November 20, 1992. Retrieved 2007-11-20. Dorothy Walker Bush, the mother of President Bush, died shortly after 5 P.M. yesterday at the family's house in Greenwich, Connecticut, after suffering a stroke. She was 91 years old. ... Mrs. Bush also reared her children in a strongly religious home, a reflection of her own childhood during which she is said to have attended church as many as three times every Sunday.
^ ^a ^b Philadelphia, Desa (August 7, 2000). "The Family Tree". Time (magazine). Retrieved 2007-11-20. The most competitive Bush, she bred in her children the drive to win and the rule never to brag about it. While in the White House, her son called her every day.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dorothy Walker Bush Dies at Age 91; President's Mother, 'Righteous Lady'". Washington Post. November 20, 1992. The wife of a senator, Mrs. Bush lived to see her son inaugurated the 41st president of the United States. Seated on the inaugural platform four years ago, she smiled as he bent to kiss her and tell reporters, 'Many of our family are here, and they all, as does this son, worship the ground she walks on.'
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[1] Wead, Doug (2005). The Raising of a President: The Mothers and Fathers of Our Nation's Leaders. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7434-9726-0. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[2] Sidey, Hugh (November 30, 1992). "The Presidency". Time (magazine). Retrieved 2007-11-20. George Bush was shaped and tempered by his mother's nature. His was a soul finally formed by strata of love and discipline relentlessly laid down. Bush was lucky, so very lucky, to be rooted in a woman like Dorothy Walker Bush, who died last week at 91.

[3] "Dorothy W. Bush, Mother of President, Dies at 91". New York Times. November 20, 1992. Retrieved 2007-11-20. Dorothy Walker Bush, the mother of President Bush, died shortly after 5 P.M. yesterday at the family's house in Greenwich, Connecticut, after suffering a stroke. She was 91 years old. ... Mrs. Bush also reared her children in a strongly religious home, a reflection of her own childhood during which she is said to have attended church as many as three times every Sunday.

[time-4] Philadelphia, Desa (August 7, 2000). "The Family Tree". Time (magazine). Retrieved 2007-11-20. The most competitive Bush, she bred in her children the drive to win and the rule never to brag about it. While in the White House, her son called her every day.

[obitwp-5] "Dorothy Walker Bush Dies at Age 91; President's Mother, 'Righteous Lady'". Washington Post. November 20, 1992. The wife of a senator, Mrs. Bush lived to see her son inaugurated the 41st president of the United States. Seated on the inaugural platform four years ago, she smiled as he bent to kiss her and tell reporters, 'Many of our family are here, and they all, as does this son, worship the ground she walks on.'

[6] ttp://www.micds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=110994&rc=0/

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Bush–Davis–Walker family political line Bush family Bush (surname)
Prescott Bush ancestors	Samuel Prescott Bush (1863–1948) James Smith Bush (1825–1889) Obadiah Newcomb Bush (1797–1851)
Samuel P. Bush and Flora Sheldon	Prescott Sheldon Bush
Prescott Bush (1895–1972) and Dorothy Wear Walker (1901–1992)	George Herbert Walker Bush (m.) Barbara Pierce Nancy Walker Bush Ellis Jonathan James Bush William Henry Trotter Bush
George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) Nancy Walker Bush Ellis (1926–2021) Jonathan Bush (1931–2021)	George Walker Bush (m.) Laura Lane Welch Pauline Robinson Bush John Ellis Bush (m.) Columba Bush Neil Mallon Bush Marvin Pierce Bush Dorothy Walker Bush (m.) Robert P. Koch John Prescott Ellis Alexander Ellis III Josiah Wear Ellis Billy Bush Jonathan S. Bush
George W. Bush (b. 1946) Jeb Bush (b. 1953) Neil Bush (b. 1955)	Barbara Pierce Bush Jenna Welch Bush George Prescott Bush Lauren Bush (m.) David Lauren
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